Amphetamines

Amphetamines

Stimulant drugs whose effects are very similar to cocaine.

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amphetamine

Biology; Neuroscience

Asynthetically produced central nervous system stimulant with cocaine-like effects; drug abuse may lead to dependence.

amphetamine

Health care; Psychiatry

A drug with a stimulant effect on the central nervous system that can be both physically and psychologically addictive when overused. This drug has been much abused ...

amphetamines

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Stimulant drugs whose effects are very similar to cocaine.

amphetamine

Science; General science

A stimulating drug that affects the brain and the body in a variety of ways, also known by the trade name Benzedrine. Chemically, amphetamine is a racemic mixture of the l and ...

amphetamine

Legal services; General law

a stimulant and appetite-suppressing narcotic

D amphetamine

Medical; Health care; Medicine

The d-form of amphetamine. It is a central nervous system stimulant and a sympathomimetic. It has also been used in the treatment of narcolepsy and of attention deficit disorders ...

gene

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Strands of DNA that contain the blueprint of all the molecules that make up our bodies.

nicotine gum, nicotine patch

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Two methods of delivering small amounts of nicotine into the bodies of people who are addicted to nicotine to help them quit smoking cigarettes by preventing nicotine withdrawal.

acute effects

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The short-term effects of a drug. Acute effects are those that people feel shortly after they ingest a drug and are under its influence (e.g., while they are intoxicated).

localization of function

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A principal of brain organization that states that specific places (circuits) in the brain carry out specific functions.

cerebral cortex

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The large, deeply folded outer layers of the brain that make our heads so big. The cortex carries out complex perceptual, cognitive, and motor tasks.

thalamus

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A brain structure that lies between the brain stem and the cortex and acts as a relay to the cortex for almost all sensory inputs and other kinds of information.

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